Don Henry joins Melbourne Sustainable Society Institute
06 May, 2014Highly regarded environmentalist Don Henry has joined the Melbourne Sustainable Society Institute, located at the University of Melbourne, as a Public Policy Fellow in Environmentalism.
'Botox for plastic' prevents polymer ageing
23 April, 2014CSIRO has developed a material that prevents plastic from ageing and, when applied to plastic lining, can clean up exhaust gases from power plants much more effectively than existing methods.
IPCC report gets Australians tweeting
10 April, 2014Researchers from The University of Nottingham have analysed how people on Twitter responded to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's (IPCC) latest report.
City of Melbourne must combat heatwaves to protect businesses
02 April, 2014The City of Melbourne has released a report into the impact of January's heatwave on businesses. With the frequency and intensity of heatwaves expected to increase, it was determined that an understanding of the economic impacts of such events on businesses is needed.
Bioreactor helps bridge the gap for algae-based biofuels
18 March, 2014 by Lauren DavisResearchers at Michigan State University have invented the environmental photobioreactor (ePBR) - a system to grow and test algae for potential use as biofuel.
Disinfecting honeycomb with ozone
17 March, 2014US Department of Agriculture (USDA) research has shown that fumigating honeycombs with ozone gas can reduce pests, pathogens and pesticide levels.
Solvent will provide energy savings to paper industry
24 February, 2014Professor Maaike Kroon, from Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e), has developed a solvent that will potentially enable the paper industry to make big energy savings in production.
Some understanding but little action when it comes to sustainable food choices
19 February, 2014The European Food Information Council (EUFIC) has conducted a pan-European study into consumers' understanding of sustainability and food products. The results were published in the journal Food Policy.
Climate change paper one of the most talked about in 2013
22 January, 2014 by Lauren DavisA researcher from the University of Queensland, who last year published a paper on the scientific consensus on climate change in the journal Environment Research Letters, has had that paper rank 11th in Altmetric's list of the world's most talked about academic papers of 2013.
Fire frequency curves used to predict water yield
20 January, 2014A researcher from RMIT University has correlated the severity and frequency of bushfires in order to predict water yield in related natural water supply catchments.
Biofuel research looks beyond yield
17 January, 2014Researchers from Michigan State University (MSU) have found that certain types and locations of biofuel crops have various benefits, and that it is unwise to focus solely on biomass yield.
E-tags for bees
15 January, 2014A world-first research program, led by CSIRO, is monitoring honeybee populations by tracking the insects with tiny sensors - a technique known as 'swarm sensing'. With 5000 bees taking part in the program, this is the first time such large numbers of insects have been used for environmental monitoring.
Assessing the assimilative capacity of catchments for nitrate
13 January, 2014Lincoln Agritech, a subsidiary of New Zealand's Lincoln University, has conducted research into the impact of denitrification - the conversion of nitrate into gaseous forms of nitrogen - on catchment management.
Colorbond Steel has reduced environmental impact
16 December, 2013Manufacturing changes made to the latest version of Colorbond steel have produced substantial environmental improvements.
Red sand could be used for road construction
12 December, 2013Curtin's Sustainable Engineering Group (SEG) has found that red sand could be used as a viable and more environmentally friendly alternative to virgin sand and limestone in road construction. This would reduce the need for quarries to extract those materials.
